The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-27

pointed 1t will probably be named very
shortly, md rs soon as appointed will doubt
less begin its work.
Dalton Argus: Capt. George Ferguson,
of the Western and Atlantic road, accom-
panied by B. c. Bivings, left for Washing
/ ton Wednesday to testify before the Inter
state Commission in case brought by the
negro, Council, against the Western and
! Atlantic road for an assault made ON him
! while on one of its passenger trains he
| thrusting himself into a seat in the ladies'
! car against the protest of the passengers,
| one of whom dubbed him and elected him
! from the car. We have known Council
| for some twenty years and he is periodical
| disturbcr Of the rice issue. He is tan
shade, and feels the full importance of the
freak OF evolution which added a coat OF
calcimine to hide one stage of his origina-
ton. MessrS Ferguson and BivingS accom-
panied Julius Brown III a special car and
we guess will have pretty good week OF 1t.
Sumter Republicans: Thursday evening
some of the bad fellows on Cotton avenue
perforated Il grain Of corn, inserted a string
and thereto attached large piece of paper.
A flock of geese We're peranbulatlng the
street, and the wicked fellow threw the grain
of corn among them There was a scTam-
bic, and the corn had disappeared, but the
string and paper remained. You can i'm
agine the surprise of that goose when the
paper Topped into his eyes. He spread his
wings and Topped back The paper fiuttered
away, and the goose stretched his neck to
cackle over its victory when the paper hut-
tered back. Then the goose turned away
Hopping and running with the paper III pur-
suit. There was a race, and as the goose
Hoped the paper Entered and flying and
fluttering, paper and goose disappeared from
view, while the flock silently watched the
flight and pursuit Of their mate. This may
ha tn / "A II h, anti
Comptroller General Wright received
Monday eight tax digests, the largest num-
Der received in one day this year The fol
lowing facts and figures connected with the
returns made by the various counties will
prove interesting: Barlow county returns
81, 427. $40 worth of property, an increase of
SEATS over last year; Glym county returns
So, lSS, 0l9, an increase of S6S1 1852 over 1896,
the largest increase SO far reported; Haber-
sham county returns 81, 22G, $50, an increase
of SGg,9l2; Thomas county returns S4,OSS,
647, an increase of Sl92, $50; Harris county
returns 81, SOS Adj, decrease of $l6,357;
Warren county returns 81, 447 1862, a de
crease of $71, los; Ware county returns
81, l02, 2;iS, an increase Of SlT2, 4Sl; Dough-
erty county returns 81 400, sos, a decrease of
49, 2S- The combined increase over and
above that Of the three counties Of Harris,
Warren and Doughcrty amounts to 81 on
eight counties taken at random here and
there throughout the State.
DahloneSa Signal: Rev. J. A. Sewell, the
new minister on the Auraria circuit, is one
of the most interchangeable workers that we
know Of, When he was assigned to that cir
cult he found the Methodist church at Au-
raria in bad condition. A storm had blown
III the roof and the church was in a demol-
ished condition. Mr.. Sewell, besides being
good minister, is also a first-class Carpeu-
ter. He informed the members of the
Auraria church that if they would get him
the lumber he would build their church free
of charge. A subscription was started, and
the lumber was bought Mr.. Sewell went
to work, and, with but little assistance, he
has nice little church almost completed.
He fills his appointments regularly, and is
doing much good in his circuit. He recently
painted the new church called Nesler's
chapel for his congregation, not charging
them cent for his work A preacher who
will go into his circuit and build churches
to preach i'll has surely got the cause of
Christ at heart.
Cochran correspondent Macon Telegrdph
In your Atlanta notes ! see that our Tax
Collector, Z. A Pollock, is short in his set
Element some 81, 800 or 81, 700. Mr. Pollock
lives here, and from an interview with him
this morning | CLEAN the following facts,
to get the commissioners to meet for his set
temcnt until July ~. He was then found
TO be indebted to the county in sum of
81, 000 He paid. that day, to them 800,
leaving him still dne $500. OF this $500
there is S275 upcollected taxes, which sum
he has properly advertised for sale next
Tuesday and the money will be made out
OF the property that day; hence there will
then be only SO behind which Mr.. Pollock
has on hand. As to his bondsmen seeking
relief at the hands of the Governor, he has
seen every one of them and they express
themselves as satisfied that they will not
have dollar to pay for him. He says that
If he owns anything on account OF 1885 he
does not know it and does not believe that
he owes anything for that year. There was
considerable confusion in the Tax Receiv-
er's books for the year 1885 and until that
matter is Strengthened out nobody can tell
how the books will show up, but if he
should be behind he has plenty of property
TO, and will, settle square up.
The Rev. William r. Commons, the ne
gro preacher who was shot Wednesday
night last. has lost the leg through which
the bullet passed and may lose his life The
shooting Is now engaging the attention Of
half dozen detectives, Clemmons, it will
be remembered, is the pastor of Mount Oil
vet church. On Wednesday night after
prayer meeting he went home with Della
Hurst, one of his congregation, and ms he
was returning was assaulted by three men,
one Of whom drew pistol Clemmons ran
when he saw the pistol, and the three men
pursued. The minister attempted to evade
his pursuers by rushing into a womans
house, and as he gained the house the bullet
WAS sent into his leg. Clemmons and his
friends made every possible effort to
keep the affair secret, and a physician was
not called ON until the next day In the
meantime the wound began TO pain and the
limb to swell Physicians who We're the
first to visit the wounded preacher found it
impossibleso reduce the swelling as to give
relief, and others were called in. The wound
continued to grow worse and on Sunday
amputatiOn was demanded. Monday morn
ing Drs. Westmoreland and Howell were re-
quested to perform the operation. The limb
was taken off above the knee. and when the
operation was over the darkeywas very weak
Monday night his condition was dangerous,
but with the proper care he may pull
through.
FLORIDA.
Leesburg will have a cigar factory Sept. l.
There were moro than 200 strangers in
Trabue last Sunday.
AbOut forty kpuS Of baer ora consumed II,